1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix

Finland  1976 Finnish Grand Prix
Race details
Race 9 of 12 races in the
1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season
Date1 August 1976
Official nameImatranajo[1]
LocationImatra Circuit
Course
  • Permanent racing facility
  • 6.030 km (3.747 mi)
500cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Giacomo Agostini Suzuki
Time 2:19.500
Fastest lap
Rider United Kingdom John Newbold Suzuki
Time 2:15.200
Podium
First United States Pat Hennen Suzuki
Second Finland Teuvo Länsivuori Suzuki
Third Switzerland Philippe Coulon Suzuki
350cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:21.600
Fastest lap
Rider Australia John Dodds Yamaha
Time 2:19.700
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second West Germany Dieter Braun Yamaha
Third United Kingdom Tom Herron Yamaha
250cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Time 2:24.700
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
Time 2:24.300
Podium
First Italy Walter Villa Harley-Davidson
Second Japan Takazumi Katayama Yamaha
Third Italy Gianfranco Bonera Harley-Davidson
125cc
Pole position
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 2:32.800
Fastest lap
Rider Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Time 2:32.200
Podium
First Italy Pierpaolo Bianchi Morbidelli
Second West Germany Gert Bender Bender
Third Netherlands Henk van Kessel AGV Condor
50cc
Pole position
Rider Spain Ángel Nieto Bultaco
Time 2:52.700
Fastest lap
Rider Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler
Time 2:59.900
Podium
First Belgium Julien van Zeebroeck Kreidler
Second Switzerland Ulrich Graf Kreidler
Third Italy Eugenio Lazzarini Morbidelli

The 1976 Finnish motorcycle Grand Prix was the ninth round of the 1976 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 1 August 1976 at the Imatra circuit. Pat Hennen won the race to become the first American to win a motorcycle Grand Prix.[2]

  1. ^ "Grand Prix uitslagen en bijzonderheden 1976 - heden". Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  2. ^ "Pat Hennen at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame". motorcyclemuseum.org. Retrieved 2 December 2011.